Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio
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- 24 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE
- Vol. 97 (5), 849-877
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jproc.2009.2015711
Abstract
Spectrum sensing is the very task upon which the entire operation of cognitive radio rests. For cognitive radio to fulfill the potential it offers to solve the spectrum underutilization problem and do so in a reliable and computationally feasible manner, we require a spectrum sensor that detects spectrum holes (i.e., underutilized subbands of the radio spectrum), provides high spectral-resolution capability, estimates the average power in each subband of the spectrum, and identifies the unknown directions of interfering signals. Cyclostationarity is another desirable property that could be used for signal detection and classification. The multitaper method (MTM) for nonparametric spectral estimation accomplishes these tasks accurately, effectively, robustly, and in a computationally feasible manner. The objectives of this paper are to present: 1) tutorial exposition of the MTM, which is expandable to perform space-time processing and time-frequency analysis; 2) cyclostationarity, viewed from the Loeve and Fourier perspectives; and 3) experimental results, using Advanced Television Systems Committee digital television and generic land mobile radio signals, followed by a discussion of the effects of Rayleigh fading.Keywords
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